What does readmitted mean?
Readmitted is the past tense and past participle of readmit, meaning to admit or allow to enter again. The word is especially common in institutional settings such as schools, universities, hospitals, courts, and professional organizations. A patient may be readmitted to a hospital, a student may be readmitted after an interruption, or a professional may be readmitted to practice after a suspension. Unlike admitted, which simply means allowed in or acknowledged, readmitted emphasizes a second admission following exclusion, departure, discharge, or another interruption. Its tone is generally formal and factual, though it can suggest that the return was granted by an authority or after an appeal. Readmitted is useful because it concisely conveys both the fact of return and the idea of prior removal or absence.
verb (past tense and past participle)To admit or allow to enter again, especially after a period of exclusion, absence, discharge, or suspension. It is commonly used in educational, legal, medical, and institutional contexts.
- To admit or allow to enter again, especially after a prior exclusion, discharge, suspension, or withdrawal.
"The university readmitted the student after reviewing the appeal."
"The patient was readmitted to the hospital the following week."
"After completing the required review, the professional was readmitted to practice."
One prefix changes the whole story: readmitted means someone has been allowed back in.
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Where does readmitted come from?
Readmitted is formed from readmit, using the prefix re-, meaning again, together with the ending -ed to mark the past tense and past participle. Readmit itself combines re- with admit, which comes through Latin admittere, “to allow to enter,” from ad-, “to,” and mittere, “to send.” The same Latin root appears in related English words such as admission, admissible, and admittance.
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How readmitted is actually used
Formal but widely understood. It is especially common in education, medicine, law, and institutional administration, where it indicates restoration of access or status rather than simply receiving someone.
Easily confused with readmitted
Readmitted means allowed to enter or belong again, whereas remitted means sent back, forgiven, or reduced in amount, depending on context.
Admitted means allowed in or acknowledged, while readmitted specifically means admitted again after an earlier exclusion, departure, discharge, or suspension.